Medicare Enrolled

Dr. Mauricio Garrido, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery · Pomona, NJ
Practice pattern: Clinical Cardiology — Primarily office-based clinical cardiology
65 W JIMMIE LEEDS RD, Pomona, NJ 08240
6097487089
Registered in NPPES since 2006
NPI: 1215970207 verify on NPPES ↗
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
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What this data tells you about Dr. Garrido

Dr. Mauricio Garrido is a thoracic surgery specialist in Pomona, NJ, with 20 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Garrido performed 356 Medicare services in 2023. These records do not provide a deduplicated patient total.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Garrido received a total of $34,286 from 26 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 221 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly reported through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their effect on care. A reliable breakdown by payment category is not available in this snapshot. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.

The Data Coverage level for Dr. Garrido is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.

✓ 20 years of NPI registration ▲ Top 31% volume in NJ $34,286 industry payments

Medicare Practice Summary — 2023

Medicare Utilization ↗
356
Medicare services
Top 31% in NJ for thoracic surgery
Not available
Unique patients (not deduplicated)
$279
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · How to read this →

Top procedures by volume

Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.

Procedure Volume Avg. paid Avg. submitted
New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) 103 $179 $425
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement via femoral artery
A minimally invasive procedure to replace a diseased aortic heart valve using a catheter inserted through the skin and femoral artery.
50 $616 $3,500
Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity
Subsequent hospital inpatient or observation care for an existing patient involving high-level medical decision making, with at least 50 minutes total time on the date of the encounter.
45 $91 $190
Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min)
An office or outpatient visit for an existing patient lasting between 40 and 54 minutes. This level of service is determined by the total time spent on the date of the encounter.
22 $147 $350
Coronary artery bypass graft, 1 artery
Surgical procedure to bypass a blocked coronary artery using a graft from another artery. This restores blood flow to the heart muscle.
21 $1,359 $5,690
Cerebral embolic protection device placement and removal
A catheter-based procedure to place a device in the brain to prevent embolisms, followed by its removal, using imaging guidance.
20 $110 $345
Endoscopic vein harvest
A surgical procedure to remove a vein using an endoscope, which is a thin, lighted tube inserted through small incisions.
20 $13 $45
Initial hospital admission, high complexity
Initial hospital inpatient or observation care for a new patient involving high-level medical decision making, with at least 75 minutes total time on the date of the encounter.
20 $142 $360
Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity
Initial hospital inpatient or observation care for a new patient involving moderate-level medical decision making, with at least 55 minutes total time on the date of the encounter.
16 $103 $245
Office visit, established patient (30-39 min)
A follow-up office visit for an existing patient lasting between 30 and 39 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
15 $102 $275
Coronary artery bypass graft, 2 grafts
A surgical procedure to restore blood flow to the heart by creating bypasses using two vein or artery grafts.
12 $337 $1,070
Harvest of arm artery for heart bypass
Surgical removal of a segment of artery from the arm to be used as a graft in a heart bypass procedure.
12 $152 $760
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. These counts do not measure clinical quality or years of experience.
26.7% high complexity
0.0% medium
73.3% routine

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗
$34,286
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $4,898/year across 7 years
Top 11% in NJ for thoracic surgery
A higher payment rank reflects disclosed industry relationships (consulting, research, speaking) common among subspecialists — not wrongdoing.
26
Companies
221
Payment records
Payments are publicly reported; disclosure does not establish legality · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →

Payment categories are unavailable while the source breakdown is being rebuilt. Company and year totals do not identify how much belongs to each category.

Payment trend by year

Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

2024
$21,733
2023
$1,509
2022
$1,008
2021
$682
2020
$4,078
2019
$3,720
2018
$1,555

Payments by company (2024)

Baxter Healthcare
$18,750
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
$1,109
Medtronic, Inc.
$739
ATRICURE, INC.
$577
Abbott Laboratories
$151
ABIOMED
$97
Paladin Technology Solutions
$77
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)
$66
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
$38
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company
$35
ENDOTRONIX, INC.
$33
Solventum Corporation
$29
LSI SOLUTIONS INC
$18
MEDICOMP INC
$14
Top 3 companies account for 94.8% of 2024 payments
All-time payments by company (2018-2024) ›
Baxter Healthcare
$19,089
Abbott Laboratories
$5,770
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
$3,825
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
$2,102
ATRICURE, INC.
$1,096
Medtronic, Inc.
$830
AtriCure, Inc.
$412
ABIOMED
$277
LivaNova USA, Inc.
$139
LSI SOLUTIONS INC
$122
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)
$113
Getinge USA Sales, LLC
$89
Paladin Technology Solutions
$77
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
$58
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
$38
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company
$35
ENDOTRONIX, INC.
$33
Solventum Corporation
$29
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
$28
CHF Solutions, Inc
$23
Ethicon US, LLC
$22
bioMerieux
$21
BAXTER HEALTHCARE
$16
Medistim USA, Inc.
$15
MEDICOMP INC
$14
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
$14
Top 3 companies account for 83.7% of all-time payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE · 3F · ACC2 CARDIAC CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM · ASSURITY · ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM · ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION · ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM · AVALUS · Aortic Tissue Valve - Perceval · Aortic and Mitral Tissue Stented Valves · Aquadex · AtriCure AtriClip LAA Exclusion System · Avalus · CARDIOMEMS · COR KNOT · COR-KNOT · CORDELLA PULOMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE SENSOR · COREVALVE EVOLUT R · COSEAL · CardioRoot · Carpentier-Edwards Physio II Annuloplasty Ring · Circulatory Support · CoreValve Evolut · EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system · EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX · EPIC · Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve · Epic Stented Tissue Valve · FLOSEAL · GIAPREZA · GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo · HEARTMATE TOUCH · HeartMate · HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device · HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev · HeartWare HVAD · INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve · Impella · Legacy · LifeVest · MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve · Mosaic · NAVITOR · NEPHROCHECK · Oxygenator - Inspire · PENDITURE · PICO · PREVELEAK · PREVENA · PROLENE · ProtekDuo · SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA · SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM · SternaLock 360 · SternaLock Blu · TELEPATCH CARDIAC MONITOR · THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT · Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve · VERQUVO
Should you be concerned? Industry payments are disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their purpose, legality, or effect on care. What matters is whether a recommended drug or device appears in your doctor's payment records. If so, consider asking your doctor about it. How to interpret this data →
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Geographic Context

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3
County median income
$76,819
Nearest hospital to ZIP centroid (approximate)
ATLANTICARE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - CITY CAMPUS
8.8 mi

Data Sources

Provider Registry NPPES NPPES snapshot; verify current record
Medicare Enrollment PECOS PECOS snapshot
Practice Data Medicare Util. Annual (CY lag)
Industry Payments Open Payments CY 2024
Disciplinary History — Not included N/A

This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This reflects how much public data is available about a provider. How we calculate this →

Summary

Dr. Garrido is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, with 20 years of NPI registration.

This summary is auto-generated from federal data, describing data availability and patterns. Read our methodology →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dr. Garrido experienced with new patient office visit, complex (60-74 min)?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. Garrido performed 103 new patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) services. These records cover Medicare fee-for-service activity, including eligible younger beneficiaries; they do not measure total practice volume or clinical quality.
Does Dr. Garrido receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. Garrido received a total of $34,286 from 26 companies across 221 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their legality or effect on care. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Dr. Garrido's costs compare to other thoracic surgerists in Pomona?
Dr. Garrido's average Medicare payment per service is $279. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Dr. Garrido) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating the presence of registry, enrollment, activity or payment records, not verified experience or clinical quality. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
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About this page

This page combines public CMS records with calculated summaries and explanatory procedure labels. These transformations are not verbatim federal records. Sources: NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.

This page is not medical advice, an endorsement, a recommendation, or a quality rating. Data Coverage reflects data completeness — how much federal information exists for this provider — not clinical performance, patient outcomes, or quality of care. Always verify information directly with the provider and consult a licensed clinician before making medical decisions.

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Data Disclaimer — Data sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), Open Payments program, Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data, and Provider Enrollment & Certification data (PECOS). Published under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by CMS, HHS, or the U.S. Government. Data may contain errors as reported to CMS by providers and reporting entities. Industry payment disclosure alone establishes neither wrongdoing nor legality. Medicare data reflects only patients aged 65+ or those with qualifying disabilities. For corrections, contact CMS directly. This information does not constitute medical advice and should not be used as the sole basis for choosing a healthcare provider. Procedure descriptions use plain language and do not reference CPT® codes, which are copyrighted by the American Medical Association. Full methodology → · Report a data error → · Privacy policy →